Weekend Diaries...

I thought I would start to keep track of all the things my husband and I get up to on the Weekends. We always seem to be heading somewhere on the weekend. About a month ago we went out to Mt Cotton to visit the Sirromet Winery and two weeks ago we went for a drive through Brisbane and ended up at the Brisbane Powerhouse. We got to the Powerhouse just in time for some free live music and a lovely glass of wine from Bar Alto.

This weekend we were back at the Brisbane Powerhouse for the album launch of an awesome A Capella group The Idea of North. This group is amazing. I like all kinds of music but I'm not a big concert goer. Having said that, I really enjoyed the show.

Sunday afternoon was spent at Portside Warf, Hamilton at the Merlo Coffee & Chocolate Affair. There was lots of coffee and chocolate on offer as well as cupcakes, fudge, brownies and live music.

The Blue Sky Coffee that I had was really nice. I like strong coffee and this coffee was stronger then the other one that I tried. I have quiet dreams of doing a Barista course one day, then I would be able to do pretty patterns on the top of a coffee like this...

After exploring all of the coffee and chocolate stalls we enjoyed some perfectly cooked calamari and chips and listened to Firefly, a jazz trio.

We finished off the afternoon with fresh strawberries dipped in belgian chocolate...very yummy.
Hope you had a lovely weekend...Mel

Accomplishments of a Housewife...

I like being at home. My home is a lovely, comfortable place to be. I also like feeling that I have accomplished something. Sometimes in the evening I sit down and think " what have I done today?". Lately I have been wasting alot of my time. It was really nice to spend yesterday and today at home. Yesterday was full of all the usual Housewifely accomplishments (cleaning the house, ironing the Husband's clothes, cooking etc...). Today I spent a few hours designing and making a new bag for my Basilbee product range. It is a lovely denim bag with vintagy bits and bobs appliqued onto the front of it. I really like how it turned out. This afternoon I got cosy on the couch with my crochet and several episodes of the UK television show " Escape to the Country". I like seeing the houses that are several hundred years old and imagining what life would have been like back when they were built.

On the weekend I decided it was high time I collected all the ripe passionfruit that were falling. There are at least 3 Passionfruit vines growing wild in various parts of our 1.5 acre block. The possums are getting alot of the fruit, most of which I can't reach. I removed the pulp from all of the ripe fruit and froze it in ice cube and ice block trays. I would like to try and make Passionfruit Butter sometime.

Until next time...Mel